Health | Lesson 1.

4 Healthy Decision Assignment (20 Points)

Instructions: For this graded assignment, you will evaluate the effectiveness of a health-related decision you
have made in the last month.
Choose an unhealthy decision you have made recently that could affect your overall well-being, and then
evaluate that decision based on the six step process you learned about in Lesson 1.4. You may concentrate
on your eating or sleeping habits, risky behavior choices, personal safety decisions, or anything else you can
think of that directly affects your health. The purpose of this assignment is to get you to evaluate and improve
your choices in order to maintain optimum health.
Record your answers in the space provided:
Step 1: Describe the situation that required a decision. Then, state the unhealthy decision you made, and
explain the decision making style you demonstrated when you made that decision. (3 points)

Step 2: List the possible decisions you might have made in that situation, including the one you made. You
must list at least THREE choices, including the decision you previously made. (3 points)

Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

Step 3: Share your list of possible decisions with a trusted family member or other responsible person.
Summarize what the people you shared your list with advised you to do. (3 points)

Step 4: Use a set of questions to help you evaluate your choices. (6 points)

Will the decision result in promoting health? Why or why not?

Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

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Will the decision result in promoting safety? Why or why not?
Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

Will the decision result in following or breaking any laws? Why or why not?
Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

Will the decision result in showing respect for yourself and others? Why or why not?
Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

Will the decision result in actions that responsible adults would want? Why or why not?
Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

Will the decision result in actions that show good character? Why or why not?
Choice 1:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:

Step 5: Decide which decision is most responsible or the best choice, and make your decision. (1 point)
My Decision:

Step 6: Act on your decision and evaluate its results. If you made the same decision as you did prior to
completing this activity, why did you do so, and what will the consequences be to your health? If you made a

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different decision, how did implementing your decision affect your overall health? What benefits (or
unintended consequences) did you experience or will you experience in the future? (4 points)

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